Posted on 04/04/2007 11:01:48 AM PDT by FairOpinion
The former mayor of New York leads Sen. John McCain by a 36 percent to 24 percent margin among the state's likely GOP primary voters, and is the choice of nearly four in 10 of those who say they are "strongly conservative."
"Voters are not picking up fully on his positions or tending to discount them because of overriding issues like terrorism and Iraq, " DiCamillo said of Giuliani.
Only one in five California Republicans say there is no chance they would vote for Giuliani, and he enjoys an 80 percent favorability rating.
But no matter which of the top GOP candidates gets the nod, they will have a fight on their hands in California come the November 2008 general election. In hypothetical general election match-ups, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama and 2004 vice-presidential nominee John Edwards beat Giuliani and McCain.
Clinton gets 53 percent of the vote compared with Giuliani's 40 percent, and she beats McCain by a 48 percent to 43 percent margin. Obama gets 51 percent of the vote matched against both. Edwards receives 51 percent of the vote vs. Giuliani and 49 percent when pitted against McCain.
And those who are declined-to-state or belong to a party other than the Democrats or Republicans also support the Democrats.
"California remains a blue state," DiCamillo said.
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Interesting that McCain does much better than the more liberal Giuliani vs. Clinton.
Very wise post.
They’re not: the poll didn’t include any conservative options.
Thompson, Romney, Hunter....all are more preferable to conservatives than Giuliani, and McCain has spent so much effort dissing his fellow pubbies, that he may be irredeemable.
Fred Thompson has had just one divorce that I am aware of, and it was years before he was remarried. Do you have a link that you canpoint me to?
Your principles, and your adherence to those principles, make you conservative (or liberal).
One's voting history can be negative but not necessarily positive evidence of one's ideology.
Hagel is going to pull the third party stunt. You may be right about Mc Cain hanging in there. That’s why I called it a “long shot”, but there are a few things out there that could impact that. Melanoma, money, age and reality that he can’t get the nomination.
“Which is why the founders wrote detetrmined that the powers of the president would be limited in all matters not relating to the defense of the country.”
That of course includes Pastor in Chief, right?
He was also Bush's point man in getting John Roberts through the Senate. Nobody predicted that Roberts would get 80% approval from the Senate, it was Thompson that got it done. The man is very persuasive and a first-order communicator, and that's critical. I hope Hillary gets the Dem nomination because I'd love to see her low-grade communication skills contrasted with Fred. That will be fun.
You are conservative, like many Rudy supporters. You are pragmatic however and will do all in your power to deny Hillary her seat in the OO.
“I feel that I am a conservative, but my friends say I’m a liberal because I am considering voting for Mayor Giuliani for president.
What’s your opinion?
Confused in New York.”
YOU aren’t confused. Your friends are. :)
He had one divorce and was not a jerk about it (unlike Giuliani informing his wife via press conference).
Giuliani is tough, but he's also impulsive and petty. Not appealing.
So, how are strong conservatives doing in MI these days, R?
Out of the top 3 currently running candidates, we have a Janus, a flip-flopper, and a crazed volcano. It shouldn't be a surprise that one of these stellar choices garners 40% of those of even our idealogical bent.
This 40% for Rudy poll (out of the top 3 contenders) took place on Free Freaking Republic not too long ago!
Me thinks you owe CA Conservatives an apology....
Is this speculation, or do you know something more? If he goes 3rd party he'll get very little support, and half of it will come from Democrat voters who think Hillary is not extreme enough on the war. Hagel has raised no money, and doesn't have a clue how to raise money. He's a non-factor.
I think freedom and liberty is the exact opposite of that.
Check out your latest edition of Time Magazine. Writer of article about Hagel is a real Lib. who is convinced Hagel will run, but as an Independent because he knows he couldn’t get 1% of the GOP vote.
....10....9....8...7....6....5...4...3...waiting for the Rudy bashers.....
"Strongly conservative" in La La Land means opposing abortion in cases where the guy's loaded and a baby comes in handy to blackmail him and his wife.
"Strongly conservative" in La La Land means registering all weaponry, including sushi knives.
"Strongly conservative" in La La Land means gay marriages are announced, but only in the LA Times.
“more and more conservatives supporting Giuliani” They are not conservatives, they are RINOs and liberals
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